McGahern captures the human condition like no other writer I know of. The book is easy to read and can be finshed in a matter of days but it echos in the readers mind for years. Probably the best book I’ve ever read.

I took about three days to finish this I think, staying up late each night so that I could read as much as possible. I’ve fallen in love with McGahern: his ability to reach into the deepest parts of us and put on page what strikes one as true and real is amazing. He does this by writing about us in the home, among our family with our foibles, needs and flaws laid bare. He writes about the cruel and kind with equal beauty, candidness and delicate care. Amongst Women took me in and would not let go until I had savoured every drop.